The Coward of the Month Award goes to our local congressman. From the CJ:

The only Kentucky Democrat in U.S. Congress was among the party’s contingent who voted in favor of a resolution aimed at “honoring the life and legacy” of controversial conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed Sept. 10 at a public forum.

U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey, Louisville’s congressional representative, was one of nearly 100 Democrats who voted on Sept. 19 in favor of the resolution, which passed with unanimous Republican support. Democrats were more divided — while McGarvey was among 98 who voted for it, 58 others recorded no votes, while 38 voted present and 22 did not vote.

Meanwhile, our respect goes out to a brave teacher of toddlers (from Bloomberg BusinessWeek):

In late summer, Rachel Accurso, a YouTube star with more than 16 million subscribers, was putting the finishing touches on her next video. As always, Ms. Rachel, as she’s known to her fans, was collaborating closely on the project with her husband, Aron. Whatever they put online, the Accursos knew, would get devoured by vast numbers of riveted youngsters. They wanted it to be exceptionally good.

Often their videos dig into a single topic. This time around they’d be exploring the nature of friendship. Specifically, what does a friend look like? Their answer would be simple and instructive: A friend can look any which way. “They can have any type of hair, they can have any color skin,” says Accurso. “It can be brown, it can be peach.” A friend could even be Palestinian.

Months earlier the Accursos had met a 3-year-old girl named Rahaf Saed, who’d lost both of her legs in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Now, Rahaf would be starring with Ms. Rachel in the friendship episode, along with an ornately diverse cast of other children. “We want to show that Rahaf is a wonderful friend of mine,” Accurso says.

Before making a new video, the Accursos do a lot of research. For this one they’d hired a team that included a Palestinian writer and an academic expert on how children perceive race. “I never go into something like this without Black writers and race and diversity consultants,” Accurso says. …

Naturally some corners of the internet have come to despise her. As Ms. Rachel’s viewership has risen, so has Accurso’s public profile. She’s used her fame to draw attention to issues affecting kids, and her recent advocacy for children in Gaza has ignited fierce debate among her social media followers and in the media. Accurso has never been more popular or successful, or as controversial.

Here’s the CNN story on Miss Rachel:

Morgan McGarvey doesn’t have the balls to refuse to “honor” a MAGAt martyr who hated the idea of diversity, persecuted disadvantaged groups and stoked hateful and paranoid flames for racists and xenophobes.

Meanwhile, Miss Rachel is vilified by the MAGAt mob because she shows compassion for a child who was mutilated by genocidal maniacs using American made bombs to slaughter innocent civilians.

I’m glad my grandchildren know and love Miss Rachel. And I’m glad they neither know nor care who Morgan McGarvey is.

And here’s one of our favorite Miss Rachel videos: